A post-digital medley based on the musical theatre show ‘Melencolia’, featuring the media theorist Geert Lovink performing his own spoken texts.

In 2022, the trans-digital musical theatre show ‘Melencolia - a Show against the Indifference of the Universe’ celebrated its premiere at the Bregenz Festival, performed by Ensemble Modern. In 3D audio landscapes, the musicians of Ensemble Modern encountered virtual guests such as the Iranian ney and anban virtuoso Saeid Shanbehzadeh. The writings of the media theorist and internet critic Geert Lovink played a central role in conceiving the work.

Now, ‘Melencolic Medley’ is released, blending audio material from ‘Melencolia’ with sadness, mediations and hopecores by Geert Lovink. Furthermore, Brigitta Muntendorf adds that the release on vinyl is meant to ‘feel like an island of deceleration at a time when digital formats dominate our world.’

Ensemble Modern and Brigitta Muntendorf have been collaborating for more than ten years. In 2012/13, she was a fellow of the International Ensemble Modern Academy.

‘Melencolic Medley’ is supported financially by the Kunststiftung NRW.